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TALKS  BY  FRANCIS  MURPHY 


TALKS    BY 


FRANCIS  MURPHY 


Edited     by 
LENORE    H.     KING 


LOS   ANGELES.   CAL. 

SOUTHERN    CALIFORNIA 
BLUE    BOOK    PUBLISHING    COMPANY 

1907 


Copyright,  1907 

by 
LENORE  H.   KING 


DEDICATED  TO  THE 
CAUSE  OF  GOSPEL  TEMPERANCE 


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FOREWORD 

•  Sweet  with  the  perfume  of  an  unselfish 
love,  the  life  of  Francis  Murphy  was  a 
benediction  to  millions,  and  his  friendship 
will  ever  be  a  blessed  memory  to  the  writer. 

It  was  his  earnest  desire  that  some  mes- 
sage should  abide  after  his  death,  in  order 
that  the  world  might  remember  the  great 
truth  of  gospel  temperance  for  which  his 
work  stood.  This  matter  often  occupied 
his  thoughts  in  the  closing  year  of  his  life, 
and  it  is  in  answer  to  a  request  made  by 
him  just  before  his  last  illness,  that  I  pre- 
sent these  talks. 

In  selecting  from  among  his  published 
letters,  all  of  which  it  was  my  privilege  to 
edit,  I  have  sought  to  choose  those  best 
calculated  to  bear  in  brief  his  message  of 
gospel  temperance,  as  this  little  book  may 
be  followed  by  a  more  comprehensive 
history  of  his  life  work. 

LENORE  H.  KING 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


Table  of  Contents        -  11 

Table  of  Illustrations      -  13 

"Friend  of  Humanity,"  Poem  15 

Francis  Murphy       -----  19 

Dr.  Mclntyre's  Tribute       -  26 

Talks  by  Francis  Murphy       ...  29 

Love  Not  Legislation           -        -        -  -         31 

Not  Might  Nor  Power    -  40 

Spiritual  Vision  Destroyed  47 

The  Saloon  Keeper  50 

On  Early  Closing        -        -  54 

Gospel  of  Loving-Kindness    -  60 

Men  of  Power      ------  69 

Proclamation  of  Emancipation        -  76 

Learn  of  God       ------  82 

Murphy  Proverbs 93 


TABLE   OF   ILLUSTRATIONS 


Francis  Murphy  -        -        -    Frontispiece 

"Old  Home"  Church,  in  Pittsburg        -  23 

Home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Murphy        -  63 

Francis  Murphy  Pledge  90 


FRIEND  OF  HUMANITY 

He  was  not  rich  as  men  count  gain, 

He  lived  not  for  the  greed  of  gold ; 
His  life-work  was  not  to  attain 

A  vast  estate  to  hoard  and  hold. 
He  stooped  to  reach  the  hand  of  those 

Despised,  rejected  and  depraved; 
He  lifted  men  above  their  woes, 

And  pointed  how  they  might  be  saved. 

Not  as  the  conqueror  he  sought, 

He  listened  for  no  trumpet  call; 
The  starving  souls  of  men  he  brought 

Before  his  Maker — this  was  all. 
He  raised  men  from  the  depths  of  shame, 

Above  the  level  of  the  clod; 
Nor  asked  for  glory  nor  acclaim, 

But  the  approval  of  his  God. 

And  who  of  us  shall  question,  then, 

That  he  shall  wear  the  victor's  crown, 
All  gleaming  with  the  souls  of  men 

He  lifted  who  were  fallen  down? 
Or  that,  where  angel  voices  rise 

In  glad  hosannas  to  the  Lord, 
Beyond  the  Gates  of  Paradise, 

He  hath  not  won  a  rich  reward  ? 

E.  A.  BRININSTOOL. 


TALKS   BY 

FRANCIS    MURPHY 


FRANCIS  MURPHY 

HEN  Francis  Murphy, 
world  famous  apostle  of 
gospel  temperance,  laid 
down  his  life  work  at  the 
age  of  seventy-one,  the  people  of 
two  continents  mourned,  for  hu- 
manity had  lost  one  of  its  truest 
friends  and  wisest  counselors. 

"Not  by  might  nor  by  power," 
but  by  the  Spirit  of  God,  had  he 
won  his  way  to  the  hearts  of  thou- 
sands, setting  men  free  from  the 
bondage  of  the  liquor  habit  and  re- 
storing them  to  their  families — so- 
ber, industrious,  useful  members  of 


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society.  Through  the  persuasion  of 
this  one  man,  thirteen  million  per- 
sons signed  the  temperance  pledge. 

Possessing  simplicity  of  manner 
and  speech ;  straightforwardness  of 
purpose,  and  an  abiding  faith  in 
humanity,  no  matter  how  sadly  en- 
slaved by  unnatural  appetites, 
Francis  Murphy  was  a  man  of  true 
greatness,  and  his  name  will  live 
when  many  of  those  representing 
high  station,  learning  and  wealth 
have  been  forgotten. 

He  was  an  Irishman,  upon  whom 
Nature  had  bestowed  a  full  share 
of  the  proverbial  Hibernian  wit 
and  good  fellowship.  Born  in  the 
village  of  Tagoat,  County  of  Wex- 
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Francis  Murphy 


ford,  Ireland,  in  1836,  Ms  childhood 
was  passed  in  a  little  vine-covered 
cottage  that  stood  in  the  midst  of  an 
old-fashioned  garden.  The  "wee 
bit  cottage";  the  patch  of  bright 
flowers,  and  above  all,  the  sweet- 
faced  mother,  who  loved  and 
watched  over  the  growing  boy,  were 
mentioned  in  many  a  touching  ad- 
dress delivered  by  the  great  tem- 
perance lecturer  in  after  life. 

At  sixteen  he  came  to  America, 
with  high  ambitions  which  he 
hoped  to  see  realized  in  the  new 
world,  but  the  vision  of  success  was 
dimmed  for  many  years,  by  the 
power  of  intemperance,  which  had 
taken  a  firm  hold  upon  him. 
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In  his  extremity,  Captain  Cyrus 
Sturdivant,  a  man  of  quick  insight 
into  human  character,  and  possess- 
ing a  true  Christian  spirit,  came  to 
his  rescue  and  pointed  him  to  a  life 
of  sobriety,  made  possible  through 
an  understanding  and  acceptance 
of  the  teachings  of  Christ. 

The  whole  trend  of  his  life  was 
changed,  and  he  at  once  took  up  the 
work  of  saving  others  by  the  same 
method  that  had  proved  his  own 
salvation. 

Informally,  among  his  friends  at 
first,  and  then  reaching  out  to  all 
who  had  felt  the  bondage  of  intem- 
perance, Francis  Murphy  grew  in 
power  over  men's  hearts,  until  the 
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"Old  Home"  Church,  in  Pitrsburg,  Where  Francis 
Murphy  Began  His  Temperance  Crusade 


Francis    Murphy 


fame  of  gospel  temperance  had 
traveled  around  the  world,  and 
thirteen  million  persons  had  signed 
the  temperance  pledge. 

The  blue  ribbon  badge  adopted 
by  Mr.  Murphy  as  the  emblem  of 
the  cause  in  which  he  was  engaged 
has  become  world-famed  and  stands 
always  for  freedom  from  the 
slavery  of  the  drink  habit. 

Until  within  a  few  weeks  of  his 
death,  which  occurred  June  30, 
1907,  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  this 
famous  soldier  of  temperance  was 
engaged  actively  in  the  effort  to 
benefit  humanity.  Then,  surround- 
ed by  his  loyal  wife  and  his  beloved 
sons  and  daughters,  he  laid  aside 

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his  armor,  and  went  peacefully  to 
rest, 

"Life's  race  well  run,  life's  work 

well  done, 
.  .  .  life's  crown  well  won." 

DR.  McINTYRE'S  TRIBUTE 
Among  the  many  tributes  paid 
to  the  memory  of  Francis  Murphy, 
none  is  more  beautiful  than  the  fol- 
lowing from  Eev.  Robert  Mc- 
Intyre,  D.  D.,  known  throughout 
the  United  States  for  his  poetic 
eloquence : 

"I  knew  Francis  Murphy  for 
more  than  twenty  years,  and  every 
year  added  to  my  admiration  for 
his  character,  and  regard  for  his 

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work.  I  reckoned  him  one  of  the 
highest  types  of  American  man- 
hood it  has  ever  been  my  privilege 
to  know. 

"He  was  a  great  natural  orator 
and  with  proper  training  in  his 
early  days  would  have  been  the 
equal  of  Beecher  or  Spurgeon.  His 
warm  Irish  heart,  full  of  rich  feel- 
ing and  tender  sympathies,  flooded 
all  his  speech  with  melting  emotion, 
and  this  power,  together  with  his 
experience  in  using  intoxicants, 
made  him  the  greatest  evangelist  of 
the  temperance  reformation  in  the 
last  forty  years. 

"He  was  a  brave  soldier  in  the 
union,  a  born  leader  of  meij,  and 

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literally  loved  thousands  into  the 
kingdom  of  God.  Now  that  he  has 
returned  to  heaven  this  nation  has 
lost  a  patriot,  a  preacher  and  a 
Christian  gentleman  of  the  real 
Nazarene  pattern.  A  sigh  of  be- 
reavement goes  'round  the  earth.'' 


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From  the  Los  Angeles  Evening  Express 


LOVE  NOT  LEGISLATION 

IVEK  since  Noah  left  the 
ark,  the  subject  of  tem- 
perance has  been  up  for 
consideration.  No  doubt 
Noah  had  a  strenuous  time  sailing 
his  ark  into  the  port  of  safety. 
Probably  when  he  got  through  he 
was  so  happy  he  thought  he  would 
celebrate. 

It  is  stated  he  went  to  great  ex- 
cess, and  in  this  he  made  a  grave 
mistake,  and  excess  is  the  grave 
mistake  of  today.  It  is  not  the  use, 
but  the  abuse  that  causes  the  trou- 
ble. Bach  one  must  learn  his  own 
lesson  of  self-control;  he  must 
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learn  to  be  his  own  master,  and 
when  he  cannot  use  a  thing  without 
abusing  it,  he  must  have  courage  to 
deny  himself  the  use. 

On  account  of  the  terrible  ex- 
cesses to  which  men  have  gone  in 
the  use  of  intoxicating  liquor,  a  sin- 
cere effort  has  been  made  to  pro- 
hibit absolutely  the  sale  of  it,  a 
great  multitude  of  good  men  and 
women  seeking  to  bring  about  this 
end. 

They  sincerely  believed  by  acts 
of  legislation  they  could  destroy 
the  sale.  These  persons  are  entitled 
to  the  respect  and  admiration  of 
everyone  who  wishes  well  to  hu- 
manity, for  the  simple  thought  of 

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seeing  this  traffic  destroyed,  is  an 
inspiring  one.  I  believe  if  the 
men  who  are  engaged  in  the  liquor 
business  thought  the  traffic  could 
end  by  a  vote  of  the  people,  they 
would  cast  their  ballots  with  the 
prohibitionists. 

With  prohibitory  legislation,  the 
trouble  is  that  it  never  has  been  a 
success.  It  has  not  prohibited,  and 
has  been  a  disappointment  even  to 
its  best  friends.  General  Neil  Dow 
commenced  in  the  fifties  to  work 
for  a  prohibitory  law  to  stop  the 
sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  in 
Maine. 

He  got  nearly  everything  for 
which  he  asked  in  the  way  of  legis- 

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lation  for  this  purpose.  He  was 
then  a  young  man,  perhaps  thirty- 
six  years  old,  but  up  to  the  very  end 
of  his  life  he  still  was  seeking  for 
another  act.  He  had  been  engaged 
in  this  business  for  forty  years,  and 
he  was  disappointed  in  the  results. 

It  must  be  remembered  that  Gen- 
eral Neil  Dow  established  in  nearly 
every  city  in  Maine  a  liquor  agency  j 
where  men  could  buy  for  medicine, 
and  medicinal  purposes,  and  it  is 
wonderful  what  an  extensive  trade 
these  agencies  had. 

When  the  saloons  were  closed, 
clubs  were  established,  and  drug 
stores  began  to  realize  an  addi- 
tional trade  for  medical  purposes 

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and  for  other  purposes  as  well— - 
largely,  I  think,  for  mechanical 
purposes,  because  the  human  ma- 
chinery needed  lubricating. 

Now  it  seems  to  me  that  it  would 
be  well  for  the  wise  friends  of  this 
political  department  of  temperance 
to  read  history  on  the  subject.  I 
know  of  no  city  of  any  considerable 
size  on  the  continent  where  it  has 
been  possible  to  destroy  the  sale  of 
liquor  for  any  length  of  time. 

To  stop  the  excessive  use  of 
liquor  should  be  the  purpose  of 
every  friend  of  temperance  and 
this  is  the  aim  of  good  people  every- 
where. Friends  of  law  and  order 
should  make  an  effort  to  aid  the 

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city  officials  to  enforce  the  laws  we 
now  have  on  the  statute  books,  and 
to  protect  the  people  against  the 
evils  of  the  traffic. 

This  would  be  a  practical  under- 
taking— one  about  which  the  citi- 
zens would  be  of  one  accord. 

There  is  another  law,  not  on  the 
statute  books,  engraven  on  the 
heart  of  every  man,  written  by  the 
finger  of  the  Almighty.  This  is  the 
law  of  love,  "Thou  shalt  love  thy 
neighbor  as  thyself."  The  author 
of  this  law  is  our  blessed  Lord  and 
Master.  It  is  the  new  command- 
ment— the  one  on  which  hangs  the 
law  and  the  prophets.  This  is  the 
law  of  kindness,  which  means  that 

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we  must  do  unto  others  as  we  would 
have  them  do  unto  us. 

We  have  neglected  the  use  of 
this  blessed  ministry  for  the  re- 
moval of  the  sins  and  sorrows 
which  come  from  the  abuse  of  in- 
toxicating beverages.  Whenever 
this  law  has  been  put  into  practice 
it  has  stood  the  test  of  not  being 
found  wanting.  The  history  of  the 
great  work  done  by  the  sainted 
priest,  Father  Matthew,  can  never 
be  forgotten,  because  of  the  great 
blessing  it  brought  to  the  men  and 
women  who  had  been  betrayed  by 
the  fascinating  cup,  used  to  excess. 

The  seed  which  he  sowed  brought 
forth  a  marvelous  harvest  of  bless- 
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ing  in  our  dear  Ireland,  and  to  the 
world,  for  there  are  in  this  coun- 
try today  hundreds  of  organiza- 
tions established  in  his  name  that 
are  doing  a  most  blessed  work,  not 
by  force,  but  by  loving  kindness. 
The  same  is  true  of  the  Washing- 
tonian  movement  in  our  own  coun- 
try. Thousands  upon  thousands  of 
men  were  redeemed  by  the  gospel 
of  loving  kindness.  Men  signed  the 
pledge  and  said  their  prayers,  ask- 
ing God's  assistance  that  they 
might  keep  their  pledges. 

In  the  days  of  the  crusades  the 
Women's  Christian  Temperance 
Union  shook  this  country  from  sea 
to  sea,  not  by  force,  but  by  love  and 

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prayer  and  by  trust  in  God.  Sa- 
loons were  closed.  Men  who  had 
gone  to  excess  were  redeemed  by 
the  grace  of  God,  and  lived  lives  of 
honorable  usefulness. 

Surely  God  is  not  dead.  He  still 
lives  to  hear  and  answer  prayer, 
and  to  save  his  children  from  the 
curse  of  every  evil  habit. 


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NOT  MIGHT,  NOR  POWER 

"Not  by  might,  nor  by  power, 
but  by  My  spirit,  saith  the  Lord." 

"Paul  may  plant,  and  Apollos 
may  water,  but  God  alone  can  give 
the  increase."  We  need  more  of 
Christ's  spirit  in  our  work.  This 
is  the  one  supreme  requisite  for 
winning  men  to  the  service  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

Without  Him  we  can  do  nothing. 
We  may  have  might  and  power  and 
argument  and  egotism  and  self- 
righteousness.  That  kind  of  cap- 
ital is  not  effective  in  teaching  men 
the  gentleness  and  helpfulness  and 
healthfulness  of  Jesus  Christ. 

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If  we  are  to  grow  in  grace  and 
a  knowledge  of  the  truth  as  it  is  in 
Christ;  if  we  wish  to  succeed  in 
winning  men  to  His  service,  per- 
sonally, we  must,  in  a  great  meas- 
ure, be  like  Him  whom  we  seek  to 
glorify. 

How  to  be  like  Him,  to  know 
anything  about  Him  that  is  help- 
ful, we  must  learn  of  Him.  This 
is  a  great  age  for  literature  that  is 
very  fascinating,  and  a  great  deal 
of  time  is  spent  in  learning  what 
other  men  have  to  say  and  write 
about  Christ  and  His  ways. 

I  believe  that  we  should  let  Jesus 
speak  for  himself,  that  we  should 
hold  communion  with  Him,  visit 

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Him,  and  talk  with  Him;  that  we 
should  learn  of  Him.  Oh,  to  learn 
of  Him,  to  study  His  word.  He 
will  send  His  holy  spirit  to  inter- 
pret it  to  our  hearts  and  lives.  We 
need  to  spend  more  time  in  prayer 
with  Him,  asking  for  His  counsel 
and  guidance  and  inviting  Him  to 
rule  in  and  reign  over  us,  to  purify 
our  whole  lives  that  we  may  see 
Him.  We  have  the  promise  that 
the  pure  in  heart  shall  see  Him. 

We  cannot  gather  grapes  from 
thorns,  nor  figs  from  thistles. 
There  have  been  a  great  many  elo- 
quent arguments  in  the  name  of 
good  citizenship.  There  have  been 
a  great  many  thorns,  however,  in 

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the  arguments.  They  were  as  sharp 
as  tacks,  but  there  were  no  grapes, 
not  one.  We  have  had  arguments 
that  bristled  with  sharp  points  like 
the  thistle,  and  many  persons  have 
listened  with  a  little  malicious 
pleasure,  and  declared:  "That  is 
good.  Didn't  he  give  it  to  them! 
I  tell  you  I  was  glad.  He  is  an  able 
man."  And  quite  a  large  per  cent 
of  us  so-called  good  people  take  no 
little  delight  in  such  preaching. 

Yet  that  is  far  removed  from  the 
spirit  of  Christ.  "Not  by  might, 
nor  by  power,  but  by  My  spirit, 
saith  the  Lord."  God  help  us  to 
become  more  Christlike.  None  of 
us  is  perfect.  None  of  us  is  with- 

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out  sin.  We  all  have  gone  astray. 
We  should  be  thankful  to  God,  and 
to  our  good  friends,  that  we  were 
not  wrecked  and  totally  destroyed. 

It  would  be  profitable  to  us  all 
who  profess  to  love  Him,  and  de- 
clare that  He  is  the  chief  among 
ten  thousand  and  the  one  altogether 
lovely,  if  we  would  study  His  spirit 
and  let  it  take  possession  of  us. 
Only  by  His  spirit  can  we  win  any 
notable  victory. 

Through  the  agency  of  gospel 
temperance  we  have  seen  many 
men  who  sold  liquor,  close  up  their 
places  and  give  up  the  traffic  abso- 
lutely. Not  by  might  nor  by  power, 
but  by  the  spirit  of  Jesus  Christ. 

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This  power,  single-handed  and 
alone,  has  subdued  kingdoms  and 
fighting  armies,  and  the  air  has 
been  made  vocal  with  the  songs  of 
thanksgiving  to  God  for  peace,  for 
the  victories  of  peace  that  are  more 
renowned  than  war. 

The  spirit  of  Jesus  Christ  has 
transferred  the  emblems  of  war  to 
the  standards  of  peace.  The  joy 
and  gladness  of  this  divine  power 
has  been  carried  on  the  wings  of 
the  wind,  over  land  and  sea,  the 
world  over.  That  is  the  fulfillment 
of  God's  promise  to  us.  In  stating 
what  the  fruits  of  His  spirit  are, 
He  says  they  are  love  and  joy, 
long  suffering,  gentleness,  patience, 

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temperance.  If  we  possess  these 
graces  in  our  hearts  and  lives,  no 
evil  influence  can  stand  up  against 
us. 

Oh,  let  us  put  on  the  whole  armor 
of  God.  It  is  our  privilege;  may 
it  be  our  pleasure. 


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STROYED 

Oh,  how  God  has  pleaded  to  come 
into  our  hearts  and  lives,  that  He 
may  give  us  rest,  in  order  that  He 
might  cleanse  our  hearts  and  make 
them  pure;  that  we  might  know 
and  love  Him,  and  count  it  the 
greatest  joy  of  our  lives  to  serve 
Him. 

If  the  tiniest  thing  gets  into  the 
eye,  it  can  destroy  the  sight.  An 
engineer  on  an  eastern  road,  guid- 
ing an  express  train,  found  that  a 
tiny  insect  had  got  into  his  eye.  It 
caused  so  much  pain  that  the  sight 
was  temporarily  destroyed,  and  the 
train  was  stopped.  It  had  to  be 

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until  this  tiny  thing  could  be  re- 
moved. Then  the  engineer  recov- 
ered his  sight,  and  with  it  joy  and 
gladness.  It  was  only  a  little  thing 
that  had  caused  so  much  trouble ; 
but  so  it  is  in  our  lives.  If  anger 
or  jealousy  gets  a  lodgment  in  our 
hearts,  the  spiritual  vision  is  de- 
stroyed. Our  sight  and  our 
strength  are  taken  away.  The  pure 
in  heart  shall  see  God.  The  man 
with  the  pure  heart  can  resist  evil 
influences  in  every  form. 

When  a  heart  is  made  pure  by 
the  grace  of  God  it  is  not  hard  to 
cure  the  drink  habit.  Not  only  the 
habit  of  indulgence  in  strong  drink, 
but  that  of  buying  and  selling  it  is 
cured  in  this  way.  The  grace  of 

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God  saves  a  man  from  all  evil.  It 
is  the  pure  in  heart  that  have  sub- 
dued kingdoms  and  worked  in 
righteousness.  The  pure  in  heart 
have  not  been  afraid  to  enter  the 
lion's  den  nor  walk  into  the  fiery 
furnace.  The  pure  in  heart  have 
been  able  to  endure  every  form  of 
persecution,  because  they  have  seen 
God. 

This  is  the  miracle  of  our  age, 
the  secret  of  the  power  is  in  having 
a  life  hid  with  Christ  in  God.  This 
beautiful  life  awaits  everyone  who 
sincerely  desires  it.  Our  blessed 
Lord  is  no  respecter  of  persons. 
Come  unto  Him,  all  ye  that  labor 
and  are  heavy  laden,  and  He  will 
give  you  rest. 

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Some  of  us  who  have  great  afflic- 
tion over  a  loved  one  who  goes  to 
excess  in  the  use  of  intoxicating 
liquor  are  greatly  troubled  for  our 
own  friend's  salvation,  but  we  give 
no  thought  of  loving  care  to  the 
man  who  sells  liquor.  Could  we 
secure  the  salvation  of  the  liquor 
dealer,  what  a  mighty  influence  he 
would  be  among  his  patrons.  God 
would  make  him  the  instrument  of 
doing  for  us  what  we  could  not  do 
for  ourselves  and  our  loved  ones. 

We  have  had  a  spirit  of  ven- 
geance for  the  man  who  sold  the 
liquor.  We  have  been  anxious  to 
find  out  where  he  has  broken  the 

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law  so  that  we  can  arraign  him  be- 
fore the  courts  and  make  him  pay 
as  large  a  fine  as  possible.  This 
has  given  great  joy  to  many  of  our 
temperance  friends;  but  we  must 
remember  that  this  man  has  his 
friends  who  are  zealous,  deeply  in- 
terested for  him — willing  to  chip 
in  and  pay  the  fine  for  him,  and  pat 
him  on  the  back  and  say,  "We  will 
stand  by  you. "  They  make  him  out 
a  hero,  and  give  him  the  most 
gracious  praise,  declaring  him  to  be 
the  best  fellow  in  town. 

There  is  only  one  way  left  for 
us.  We  are  to  overcome  evil  with 
good.  We  have  a  great  cause.  We 
have  a  just  cause.  Every  lover  of 

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peace  on  earth  stands  with  us  in 
the  effort  to  emancipate  ourselves 
from  the  drink  habit. 

Our  blessed  Lord  and  Master  is 
the  inspiration  of  our  life  work. 
He  is  our  leader.  We  are  to  learn 
gentleness,  forbearance,  patience, 
confidence.  We  need  these  divine 
elements  rooted  and  grounded  in 
our  lives  as  we  go  forward  in  the 
large  fields  that  are  white  for  the 
harvest. 

There  are  so  many  broken  hearts. 
People  who  are  in  the  depths  of 
despair,  and  who  are  starving  to 
death,  dying  for  a  kind  word.  Our 
blessed  Lord  was  anointed  to  bind 
up  broken  hearts.  He  was  to  do  it 

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by  teaching  loving  kindness  to  the 
people.  It  is  a  sure  remedy  for 
every  ill.  If  we  have  love,  real, 
true  love — if  we  love  our  neighbor 
as  ourselves — we  cannot  fail.  The 
miracles  of  God's  saving  grace  will 
be  seen  on  the  right  hand  and  on 
the  left ;  blind  eyes  will  be  opened ; 
withered  hands  will  be  restored; 
broken  hearts  will  be  healed;  the 
dead  will  come  to  life  again.  Oh, 
that  God  would  anoint  us  to  roll 
the  stone  away  from  the  sepulchre, 
that  the  buried,  imprisoned  love  of 
our  hearts  may  be  resurrected  into 
life  and  healing  beauty. 


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Something  has  been  said  about 
shortening  the  hours  of  the  sale  of 
intoxicating  liquor.  I  believe  the 
people  would  be  glad  to  have  the 
sale  stopped  at  10  o'clock.  No  one 
would  suffer  harm  on  account  of  it. 

Meantime  we  must  not  slacken 
our  efforts  to  promote  the  kingdom 
of  God  among  our  fellow  men.  The 
law  of  brotherhood,  of  good  fellow- 
ship, of  loving  our  neighbor  as  our- 
selves, this  is  the  law  that  cleanses 
and  purifies  society,  and  enables 
the  public  officer  who  has  charge 
of  the  administration  of  law  to  do 
his  duty  in  such  a  way  that  he 
makes  friends  for  the  law. 

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I  sincerely  hope  that  those  of  us 
who  claim  to  be  Christians,  to  be 
disciples  of  our  blessed  Lord,  will 
not  be  found  wanting  in  doing  their 
duty  in  a  gentle,  patient,  heroic, 
loving,  manly  way;  proving  our- 
selves worthy  the  name  of  disciples 
of  Him  who  came  to  teach  us  a  new 
commandment,  that  we  love  one  an- 
other. To  learn  this  blessed  gospel 
is  the  supreme  desire  of  my  heart. 

We  can  do  nothing  without 
God's  blessing.  We  have  wasted 
much  time  and  opportunity  on  a 
variety  of  plans  for  the  extinction 
of  the  drink  traffic,  and  we  have  not 
made  any  notable  victories.  We  all 
need  a  new  consecration  to  the 
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service  of  Jesus  Christ,  who  came 
not  to  judge  us  but  to  save  us.  He 
came  to  seek  and  to  save  that  which 
was  lost. 

Those  that  were  well  didn  't  need  a 
physician,  but  those  that  were  sick. 
His  love  and  mercy  is  the  great 
healing  quality  in  the  life  of  every 
sick,  weary  brother  or  sister.  Oh, 
let  us  look  unto  Him. 

We  are  to  learn  how  to  cleanse 
our  lives  of  all  uncleanness,  even 
of  words  and  thoughts.  All  who 
are  seeking  for  manhood,  for  in- 
tegrity, must  have  their  hearts 
cleansed.  It  is  the  fountain  of  life, 
and  until  this  fountain  is  cleansed 
the  whole  man  is  weak  and  very 

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nearly  at  the  mercy  of  his  enemies. 
The  greatest  thing  in  the  world  is 
to  see  a  man  who  is  able  to  rule  his 
own  spirit.  He  is  greater  than  the 
man  who  takes  the  city.  In  order 
to  be  a  hero  he  must  have  moral 
virtue.  The  old  philosopher  stated 
that  a  virtuous  man  was  a  god.  No 
man  can  have  a  pure  heart  and  be 
permitted  to  look  upon  the  face  of 
God  until  he  is  virtuous. 

From  the  practice  of  virtue  he 
will  get  knowledge,  and  he  will  add 
to  knowledge  temperance,  and  to 
temperance  patience,  and  to  pa- 
tience gentleness,  and  to  gentleness 
brotherly  kindness,  and  to  broth- 
erly kindness,  charity. 
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Oh,  do  not  forget  this  statement. 
This  is  a  cure  for  every  ill  that  af- 
flicts us.  Beyond  all  doubt  this  is 
true,  if  all  these  things  be  in  you 
— remember,  in  you,  not  on  you 
nor  about  you,  but  in  you.  They 
make  you  that  ye  shall  never  be 
barren  nor  unfruitful  in  what  con- 
stitutes a  gentleman,  by  the  blessed 
teachings  of  our  Lord  and  Master. 

He  that  lacketh  these  things — 
virtue,  knowledge,  brotherly  kind- 
ness, charity — the  man  who  is 
lacking  in  these  things  cannot  see 
afar  off.  But  if  we  are  faithful  in 
the  graces  and  virtues  taught,  we 
shall  never  fall. 

God  help  us  to  be  teachable,  to  be 

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lovers  of  everything  that  is  pure 
and  true  and  inspiring  in  this  beau- 
tiful world,  where  we  live  for  a  lit- 
tle while  before  we  go  to  that  coun- 
try where  there  is  no  more  night, 
no  more  sorrow,  no  more  parting, 
but  where  Christ  is  all  in  all. 


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NESS 

We  are  much  in  need  of  in- 
creased interest  in  the  gospel  of 
Jesus  Christ.  Our  hearts  are  sore, 
sad  and  desolate,  sometimes  like 
the  wilderness  and  the  solitary 
place. 

The  gospel  of  loving  mercy  and 
cheerful  forgiveness  is  the  one 
thing  needful.  It  is  the  remedy. 
Earth  hath  no  sorrow  that  heaven 
cannot  cure.  Knowing  this  truth, 
why  not  accept  of  it  ?  If  we  do,  the 
blessing  of  peace  will  come  unto  us 
and  dwell  with  us. 

It  is  true  we  have  been  selfish, 
willful,  arrogant,  hasty.  Oh,  let  us 

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cease  this  cruel  warfare.  Let  us 
try  the  new  commandment  of  our 
blessed  Lord,  that  ye  love  one  an- 
other. Not  ourselves — please  do 
not  forget — not  ourselves.  Instead 
we  are  to  love  one  another  as  Christ 
loved  us. 

There  is  real,  true  happiness  in 
loving  other  people  and  serving 
them.  Let  us  learn  to  forget  our- 
selves. We  shall  not  come  to  want 
for  joy  and  true  happiness  if  we 
love  each  other  with  a  true,  pure 
love.  We  want  true  love.  It  is  the 
greatest  medicine  in  the  world.  It 
does  not  cost  a  penny.  The  more 
you  give  away  of  love  and  service 
to  others,  the  more  you  have  your- 
self. 

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We  often  say,  "It  is  so  easy  to 
create  dissension  and  discontent." 
We  must  not  forget  that  it  is  just 
as  easy,  and  much  more  pleasant, 
to  create  happiness  in  our  homes, 
with  our  neighbors  and  friends. 
Let  us  begin  to  speak  kind,  loving 
words  to  our  dear  friends  and  dear 
enemies,  if  we  have  any.  We  must 
let  our  sun  shine  upon  our  dear 
enemies  as  well  as  our  dear  friends. 
But  let  us  have  no  enemies.  We 
must  live  such  honorable,  loving, 
manly  lives  that  we  will  not  make 
enemies. 

Some  of  us  have  a  little  trouble 
in  our  homes — a  little  friction,  a 
little  coldness — until  we  become 

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discourteous,  uncivil,  unloving.  We 
are  in  deep  sorrow  in  our  homes. 
What  are  we  going  to  do?  We 
want  the  sun  to  shine  upon  us 
again.  We  want  the  sweet,  tender 
look,  the  music  of  the  voice  that  is 
so  precious  to  one's  heart.  We  want 
to  win  it  back  and  have  it  shine 
upon  us.  Until  this  is  brought 
about  our  food  does  not  taste  good, 
and  the  house  is  cold,  chilly. 

Dear  friend,  we  want  just  cour- 
age to  speak  the  loving  word  to  the 
sweet-hearted  wife  or  sister,  to  use 
the  gentle  voice. 

Love  and  good  will  cause  sor- 
row to  take  wings  and  fly  away. 
Oh,  how  glad  and  happy  we  are 

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now  to  be  delivered  from  the  little 
frivolous  misunderstandings ! 

To  keep  this  blighting  mildew 
from  poisoning  the  fragrance  of 
our  lives,  I  commend  you  to  our 
blessed  Lord  and  Master.  Take 
Him  into  your  hearts  and  homes. 
Make  Him  your  constant  compan- 
ion and  counselor.  Take  His  yoke 
upon  you  and  learn  of  Him.  Be 
sure  you  learn  of  Him.  He  is 
meek,  He  is  gentle,  He  will  keep  all 
pestilence  out  of  your  life  and 
home,  and  keep  you  in  perfect 
peace. 

A  great  many  of  my  brothers, 
who,  like  myself,  have  taken  a  vow 
to  abstain  totally  from  the  use  of 

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liquor,  need,  more  than  anything 
else,  the  sweet  companionship  of 
Jesus  Christ  in  order  that  we  may 
keep  our  vows. 

When  the  evil  spirit  is  cast  out, 
the  house  is  empty.  Unless  God 
will  send  His  holy  spirit  into  our 
hearts  and  lives  to  possess  us,  the 
evil  spirit  will  return.  It  is  our 
duty  and  our  privilege,  and  it 
should  be  our  greatest  pleasure  to 
keep  our  vows  unbroken.  We  owe 
so  much  to  those  who  are  in  need 
of  our  help — to  show  them  that  we 
are  able  to  keep  our  vows — that  it 
can  be  done  easily ;  that  we  are  not 
quarry  slaves,  scourged  to  our  dun- 
geons, dragging  balls  and  chains, 

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bait  we  are  free  men — made  free  by 
the  grace  of  God  through  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  and  that  we  will  never 
again  be  entangled  in  the  yoke  of 
bondage. 

Oh,  my  beloved  brethren,  be  of 
good  heart,  fear  not. 


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We  are  beginning  to  think  that 
all  things  are  possible  to  the  man 
who  has  power.  Every  victory  that 
the  human  race  has  ever  won  was 
first  born  in  the  head  and  heart  of 
a  man  or  woman.  When  Dr.  West- 
inghouse  introduced  his  airbrake 
and  declared  that  he  could  stop  the 
limited  express  on  the  Pennsyl- 
vania road  in  a  distance  of  twice 
the  train's  length,  he  was  laughed 
at  and  ridiculed,  and  certain  per- 
sons thought  he  was  not  a  little  out 
of  his  mind.  But  the  world  today 
with  unanimous  consent  declares 
that  he  is  one  of  the  greatest  bene- 
factors known  to  civilization.  The 

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same  truly  can  be  said  of  Cyrus 
Field,  who  laid  the  Atlantic  cable, 
annihilating  distance. 

It  is  wonderful  what  can  be  done 
by  men  who  are  sincerely  in  ear- 
nest, the  man  who  has  a  mission,  a 
cause,  and  is  willing  to  pay  the 
price  of  success  to  bring  all  the  re- 
sources to  his  aid  is  accomplishing 
a  great  work. 

On  the  bloody  battlefield  of  self- 
ishness, men  have  given  up  home, 
loved  ones,  wealth,  for  success. 
They  have  been  willing  to  take  any 
weapon  upon  which  they  could  lay 
their  hands,  no  matter  how  deadly, 
to  win  the  battle,  to  be  called  vic- 
torious. 

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I  wonder  if  we  have  stopped  to 
think  what  a  great  battlefield  there 
is  in  every  human  breast.  I  believe 
we  have  not.  We  have  talked 
about  it,  cried  about  it,  and  blas- 
phemed about  it,  and  the  battle  still 
rages  furiously. 

The  good  book  declares  that  the 
man  who  rules  his  spirit,  governs 
his  own  life,  who  is  his  own  master, 
is  greater  than  he  that  taketh  a 
city.  The  question  with  men  every- 
where is,  Can  they  govern  their 
own  lives?  I  believe  this  possible. 
I  believe  there  is  power  in  every 
man,  if  called  into  use,  to  make  him 
his  own  master. 

The  Redeemer  of  the  world  es- 
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tablished  this  power.  He  said: 
"The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  within 
you."  I  believe  this  with  all  my 
heart — more,  I  know  it.  God  is  in 
His  kingdom,  and  this  is  His  great 
power  house.  Prom  it  we  are  to 
get  power  to  control  our  lives;  to 
be  able  to  resist  evil  influences;  to 
make  good  conduct  the  habit  of  our 
lives,  so  that  it  shall  be  the  daily 
habit  of  men  to  do  right. 

Regarding  men  who  are  wrong, 
it  is  often  said:  "This  is  the  result 
of  evil  habit.  Evil  habit  has  caused 
the  trouble."  Men  need  power  to 
be  converted  to  the  habit  of  doing 
good  deeds.  This  is  what  gives  men 
character  and  enables  them  to  tell 

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the  truth.  Oh,  to  be  truthful,  con- 
scientious, sincerely  honest  and 
brave. 

The  bravery  of  gentleness  is  like 
light.  It  always  is  charmingly  in- 
spiring, healthful,  invigorating.  It 
is  life.  Such  bravery  is  like  the 
perfume  of  a  flower,  a  beautiful 
rose  in  the  room,  that  changes  the 
atmosphere  and  fills  it  with  the 
breath  of  heaven.  We  inhale  it  and 
it' blesses  our  whole  being. 

I  declare  there  is  in  the  life  of 
every  man  reserved  power — power 
which  may  be  lying  dormant — 
which  he  has  neglected  to  call  to  his 
assistance,  to  aid  in  controlling  his 
life  and  making  him  realize  that  he 
can  be  his  own  master. 
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I  believe  that  the  world's  Re- 
deemer was  the  great  discoverer  of 
the  kingdom  of  God  in  the  life  of 
mankind.  I  believe  that  this  holy 
spirit  is  around  and  about  us,  like 
the  fragrant  air  of  our  own  beauti- 
ful country.  We  are  His  children, 
and  He  loves  to  have  us  call  upon 
Him  in  every  time  of  need.  We 
have  neglected  even  to  make  an 
earnest  effort  in  working  our  own 
salvation,  and  our  Father  in  heaven 
has  so  much  love  and  confidence 
and  admiration  for  His  children 
that  He  gave  us  a  great  part  in 
working  out  this  salvation. 

I  call  upon  every  man  who  is 
afflicted  with  any  habit  which  has 
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caused  him  grief,  disappointment, 
humiliation,  to  call  upon  our  bless- 
ed Master,  who  giveth  the  power. 
He  is  a  present  help  in  every  time 
of  need,  and  He  is  able  to  save  to 
the  uttermost. 


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CIPATION 

There  is  a  great  charm  in  read- 
ing Christ's  proclamation  of  eman- 
cipation. Somehow  people  never 
weary  of  reading  it — studying  it, 
It  talks  to  a  person,  to  his  inner  life 
— those  beautiful  beatitudes. 

One  might  suppose  that  Christ 
would  have  singled  out  by  name  the 
infirmities  of  the  people  whom  He 
wished  to  bless ;  that  He  would  have 
exposed  their  sinful  habits  and  un- 
dertaken to  bring  the  people  to 
trial  before  judges  and  courts,  for 
the  people  were  sunken  in  sin  and 
shame,  and  had  nearly  lost  all  hope. 

They  were  strangers  to  the  love 
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of  home,  its  purity,  its  tenderness, 
its  holiness,  but  in  their  darkest 
hour  of  sorrow  and  sin  Jesus 
Christ  could  see  gleams  of  celestial 
light  and  immortality,  and  in  His 
own  indescribable  way  He  spoke  to 
them  that  were  in  deepest  mourn- 
ing. "  Blessed  are  you,  for  you 
shall  be  comforted." 

Oh,  think  of  it — the  music  of 
that  sweet  word  coming  to  the 
broken-hearted,  despairing  ones !  It 
gave  life  then,  thank  God !  It  gives 
life  now. 

He    comforted,    He    healed    the 

wounded,  sorrowing  hearts,  and  to 

those  w^ho  had  no  possible  way  of 

helping  themselves,  who  had  to  en- 

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(lure  the  cruel  injustice  of  their 
time,  who  were  hungry,  oh,  so 
hungry,  Jesus  whispered,  "  Blessed 
are  those  that  do  hunger  and  thirst 
after  righteousness." 

Here  is  a  divine  prescription  for 
sin  and  wrongdoing.  Many  of  us 
know  what  it  is  to  have  a  passion 
for  things  that  are  not  righteous. 
Christ  said,  "  Hunger  and  thirst 
after  righteousness." 

Do  not  hunger  and  thirst  after 
those  things  the  simple  thought  of 
which  is  a  grievous  offense  to  every 
noble  principle  that  lives  in  the 
heart  of  man.  We  must  have  a 
great  love  for  the  truth,  with  a  sin- 
cere desire  to  live  it  for  ourselves 
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and  our  neighbors.  This  is  what 
makes  the  new  man.  This  is  what 
we  understand  by  being  born  again 
— born  of  God  and  His  holy  spirit. 
Dr.  Chalmers  called  it  "the  ex- 
pulsive power  of  the  new  affec- 
tion." The  apostle  Paul  said  old 
things  were  passed  away  and  all 
things  were  become  new.  The 
change  does  indeed  open  our  eyes 
to  a  new  earth  and  a  new  heaven. 
It  brings  a  new  life  that  mounts  up 
on  wings  as  eagles.  We  run  and  are 
not  weary,  we  walk  and  are  not 
faint.  It  enables  us  to  say,  with  the 
apostle  Paul,  "Though  the  outer 
man  perish,  yet  the  inner  man  is 
renewed  day  by  day."  It  is  the 
divinity  that  shapes  our  ends. 
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I  commend  with  my  whole  heart 
the  needy  to  this  blessed  Sermon  on 
the  Mount.  I  call  it  God 's  emanci- 
pation proclamation.  What  a 
blessing  to  be  free.  Everyone  made 
free  by  the  blessed  gospel  has  an 
angel  of  mercy  in  his  heart  for  all 
who  have  been  unfortunate  and 
wayward.  Christ  used  this  decla- 
ration in  the  presence  of  persons 
who  were  not  merciful  and  loving 
and  patient  and  kind.  He  said, 
" Blessed  are  the  merciful,"  and 
every  selfish,  cruel  heart  said  in 
answer,  uGod  have  mercy  on  me." 

Oh,  Christian  brothers  and  sis- 
ters, you  have  been  made  free  who 
have  been  exalted  and  ennobled ;  ye 

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who  are  the  salt  of  the  earth  and  the 
light  of  the  world,  come,  come  to 
Christ  now  and  get  your  commis- 
sion with  power  to  go  forth  in  His 
service,  anointed  with  His  holy 
spirit  of  love.  Nothing  else  but 
love,  God's  love,  can  satisfy  us. 
When  we  have  this  we,  like  Him, 
will  be  willing  to  lay  down  our 
lives  for  mankind. 


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I  think  we  should  take  a  vow 
with  our  blessed  Lord  and  Master 
that  we  will  not  continue  in  this 
grievous  sin  of  sitting  in  judgment 
upon  others  in  their  absence.  It  is 
not  creditable  of  any  of  us  to  judge 
ill  of  our  neighbors  when  they  are 
absent,  or  at  any  other  time. 

If  our  hearts  are  in  the  right 
place  we  can  find  plenty  of  good 
deeds  in  the  lives  of  these  men  and 
women  about  which  to  talk. 
"Whatsoever  a  man  soweth,  that 
shall  he  also  reap." 

If  we  speak  kind  words  and  do 
good  deeds,  we  will  be  rewarded 
accordingly.  This  is  the  teaching 

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of  our  blessed  Lord.  We  cannot 
gather  grapes  from  thorns  nor  figs 
from  thistles.  Some  of  us  wonder 
why  it  is  we  are  not  happy,  why  we 
do  not  get  on  well  in  the  world; 
that  we  are  constantly  in  trouble 
with  someone.  We  must  pause  and 
think  and  find  out  of  what  spirit 
we  are;  what  kind  of  life  we  are 
leading.  Ask  ourselves,  honestly, 
candidly,  Am  I  scattering  seeds  of 
kindness  in  my  home,  upon  those  I 
love,  or  am  I  living  a  cold,  harsh, 
economical,  indifferent,  stingy  life  ? 
You  cannot  be  mistaken.  You  are 
gathering  the  fruit.  "By  their 
fruits  ye  shall  know  them."  If 
where  you  expected  grapes  you  get 

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thorns,  and  where  you  were  snre  of 
figs  you  have  gathered  thistles, 
something  is  wrong.  God  help  us 
to  be  honest  and  brave  and  true. 

We  can  have  beautiful  vineyards 
of  grapes;  orchards  of  figs  and 
oranges  and  plums,  and  patches  of 
strawberries,  decorated  with  hedge 
rows  of  flowers,  in  an  atmosphere 
as  sweet  as  heaven.  We  can  have 
this  and  more  that  is  sweet  and 
blessed.  God  help  us  to  decide  to 
live  the  Christlike  life,  the  patient, 
meek,  loving,  gentle,  forgiving  life, 
which  is  a  foretaste  of  that  blessed 
country  that  knows  no  night  nor 
sorrow. 

In  families,  as  well  as  nations, 

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misunderstandings  have  wrought 
deplorable  ruin.  Neighbor  has 
been  set  against  neighbor,  and 
friend  against  friend. 

Whoever  of  you  is  the  cause  of  a 
misunderstanding,  I  beg  of  you  to 
pause  and  think  about  the  awful 
suffering  which  your  foolishness  is 
causing  to  innocent  persons.  The 
great  question  is,  What  are  we  to 
do  who  have  been  misrepresented 
and  maliciously  slandered? 

Our  divine  Teacher  answers  us. 
Now  it  is  of  vital  importance  that 
each  and  every  one  of  us  become 
acquainted  with  the  president  of 
God's  university.  He  is  acknowl- 
edged the  world  over  by  the  most 
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learned  and  cultured  of  the  ages 
to  be  the  greatest  and  wisest  that 
has  lived  in  this  world  of  ours. 

Millions  of  persons  have  con- 
formed their  lives  to  the  prompt- 
ings of  His  holy  spirit,  which 
teaches  us  to  forsake  all  anger  and 
hatred  and  evil  speaking,  and  to 
love  our  neighbor  as  ourselves,  and 
if  we  have  any  enemies  we  are  to 
do  good  to  them  that  despitefully 
use  and  persecute  us.  This  is  the 
way  to  overcome  all  evil.  This  is 
the  way  to  establish  peace. 

Our  blessed  Lord  believed  in 
peace — believed  that  the  world  can 
be  converted  to  it;  that  all  wars 
should  and  will  cease.  He  com- 

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manded  that  our  swords  and  guns 
be  beaten  into  pruning  hooks  and 
farming  implements,  to  raise  bread 
for  the  hungry  millions. 

Glory  to  God.  Blessed  are  the 
peacemakers,  and  may  our  heaven- 
ly Father  hasten  the  time  when  tid- 
ings of  peace  on  earth  and  good  will 
to  men  shall  come  to  every  one  of 
us. 

This  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  never 
fails.  It  never  has.  It  never  will. 
In  it  is  the  strength  of  infinite  wis- 
dom— the  unconquerable  love  of 
God  and  His  inexhaustible  pa- 
tience. There  is  in  it  the  seventy 
times  seven.  There  is  the  giving  up 
of  everything  you  have  for  your 

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poor  brother,  and  following  Jesus 
Christ.  He  gave  all  that  He  had. 
He  had  only  one  thing  left  at  last 
— His  life — and  He  challenged  the 
whole  world,  declaring  that  greater 
love  hath  no  man  than  this,  that  a 
man  lay  down  his  life  for  his 
friend.  In  the  presence  of  this 
great  love  the  wide  world  uncovers 
and  falls  upon  its  knees,  acknowl- 
edging Him  king  of  kings,  and 
Lord  of  lords,  because  He  is  able 
and  does  save  to  the  uttermost.  Oh, 
brethren  and  sisters  who  are  fol- 
lowing this  holy  being,  do  not  doubt 
His  ability  to  save  the  liquor 
drinker  and  the  liquor  seller  and 
the  brewer  and  the  distiller. 

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They  wait  for  the  commission  of 
Jesus  Christ  to  invite  them  to  lives 
of  peace  and  good  will. 

God  be  with  you. 


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Close  the  saloon  between  the 
nose  and  the  chin  and  every  other 

saloon  will  close  itself. 

*  * 

God's     kingdom     and     man's 

stomach  are  closely  related. 

*  * 

Get  off  your  stilts — come  down 

and  feed  the  poor. 

*  * 

Don't  whip  the  children  for  the 

things  you  do  yourself. 

*  * 

There  is  no  shame  where  there 

is  no  sin. 

*  * 

We  can  know  God  only  by  love 
— not  by  theology,  psychology  or 
any  other  ology. 

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The  man  who  ploughs  gets  the 
crop.  The  one  who  sits  on  the  fence 
gets  none. 

Remember  the  poor  and  help 
them — don't  wait  until  you  can 
give  a  dollar,  give  what  you  can 
now,  if  it  is  only  a  nickel. 

*  * 

Nothing  exterminates  sorrow, 
unhappiness  and  pain  like  the  love 
of  God.  We  can  take  a  lesson  of 
Jesus  Christ  at  any  time.  He  is 

never  too  busy  to  attend  to  us. 

*  * 

Have  faith  in  the  men  who  sign 

the  pledge,  and  pray  for  them. 

*  * 

We  must  have  God's  blessing 

— we  can't  get  along  without  His 
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help.    We  want  to  get  down  on  our 

knees  and  pray  for  it. 

:*  * 
The  record  of  an  upright  life  is 

a  man's  richest  legacy. 

*  * 

It  is  the  innate  cussedness  with- 
in us  that  we  call  temptation.  It  is 
that  which  brings  destruction  to 

many  of  us. 

*  * 

Say,  don't  you  forget  the  poor 

man,  and  don't  forget  to  feed  him. 
They  had  to  feed  me  or  they  would 

have  had  trouble. 

*  * 

If  you  are  not  in  the  church, 

and  think  those  in  it  are  not  doing 
as  they  should,  don't  blame  them, 

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but  join  the  church  and  show  the 
rest  how  to  lead  a  Christian  life. 

*  * 

I  want  to  tell  you,  it's  no  small 
thing  to  win  a  man  from  the  bottle. 
Look  at  the  baby.  It's  only  had  its 
bottle  two  years,  but  try  to  take  it 
away  and  you'll  think  the  walls  of 
Jericho  are  tumbling  down  for  the 
racket  that  will  ensue.  So  then 
think  of  the  full-grown  man  who's 
had  the  bottle  for  ten  full  years. 
Say,  go  slow  there,  will  you,  and 
have  mercy. 

*  * 

Let  the  strong  bear  the  infirm- 
ities of  the  weak.  Let  all  sign  the 
pledge — not  alone  the  drunkards. 

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Beware  of  the  clubroom  where 
liquor  is  dispensed  freely,  regard- 
less of  license. 

*  * 

Beware  of  food  prepared  with 
liquor.  Also  so-called  brandy 
drops.  Would  there  were  a  $500 
fine  imposed  on  every  confectioner 
who  put  such  confectionery  within 

the  reach  of  the  people. 

*  * 

You  cannot  contaminate  a  true 

Christian  who  is  filled  with  the  lov- 
ing power  of  Jesus  Christ.  He  is 
antiseptic.  He  is  immune  from 
the  virus  of  evil.  He  heals;  he 

gives  help  of  the  right  kind. 

*  * 

I  believe  in  law  to  regulate,  to 

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bring  men  to  justice  when  they  vio- 
late the  law,  but  the  gospel  of  Jesus 
Christ  should  go  hand  in  hand  with 
legislation,  that  justice  may  be  tem- 
pered with  mercy. 


Our  creeds,  our  theories,  our 
sectarianism  are  impotent.  They 
are  a  positive  hindrance  to  the 
teachings  of  Jesus  Christ.  We  do 
not  need  any  more  theology  on 
temperance,  on  the  gospel  —  no 
more  legislation.  We  do  need 
brotherly  kindness.  We  do  need 
to  go  among  the  publicans  and  sin- 
ners as  Jesus  did,  and  dine  with 
them.  We  have  been  afraid  we 

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would  be  contaminated.  We  should 
be  ashamed  of  ourselves. 

4*  * 

You  cannot  by  force  take  a  bee 
hive  away  from  the  bees  unless  you 
do  so  at  terrible  cost.  They  can  be 
persuaded  to  leave  the  hive.  Sow 
a  field  of  buckwheat  near  their 
home  and  they  will  leave  their  beau- 
tiful residence  to  gather  food  and 
enjoy  themselves  in  the  flowering 
buckwheat  field.  The  same  is  true 
of  the  saloon  and  the  drinking  man. 
We  must  offer  the  drinking  man 
something  better  than  he  finds  in 
the  saloon  before  we  can  make  any 
progress. 

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If  you  make  the  acquaintance 
of  our  blessed  Savior  you  will  let 
your  kindness  fall  upon  the  just 
and  upon  the  unjust,  living  peace- 
ably with  all  men  because  you  love 

them. 

*  * 

Men  addicted  to  the  drink  habit 
cannot  and  will  not  be  coerced. 
They  are  to  be  won,  to  be  reasoned 
with,  to  be  persuaded,  and  are  will- 
ing to  receive  something  better 
than  the  saloon  if  it  is  offered. 

*  * 

The  Mosaic  laws  were  taught 
in  all  the  synagogues,  by  the  way- 
side and  the  seaside.  Christ  did  not 
use  them.     He  gave  a  new  com- 
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mandment,  that  men  should  love 

one  another. 

*  * 

The  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  is  so 

beautiful,  so  simple,  that  a  wayfar- 
ing man,  though  not  wise,  cannot 
err  therein.  We  can  all  under- 
stand Christ.  There  is  no  mystery 
about  His  teachings — what  He 
wished  us  to  do,  to  say,  and  how  we 
should  live  and  deal  with  each 

other. 

*  * 

There  is  need  of  right  thinking 
as  well  as  belief  on  our  part.  'As 
a  man  thinketh  in  his  heart,  so  is 
he. '  Let  every  man,  no  matter  how 
unfortunate,  have  a  good  thought 
for  himself.  Every  man  should 

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guard  his  thoughts.  This  is  neces- 
sary to  salvation.  It  is  noble 
thinking  and  brave  doing  that 
make  true  men. 

*  * 

Christ  asked  that  we  visit  our 
unfortunate  brothers,  that  we 
speak  words  of  comfort,  of  good 
cheer,  of  helpfulness.  He  asks  us 
to  love  God  with  all  our  hearts,  and 
our  neighbor  as  ourselves.  What 
a  blessed  privilege  for  everyone  of 
us  to  do  what  we  can  to  bring  peace 
and  good  will  upon  the  earth. 

*  * 

We  cannot  do  an  injustice  to 
another    without    doing    ourselves 
great  wrong.    It  seems  that  it  re- 
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quires  a  long  time  for  us  to  learn 
the  unchangeable  truth  of  our  risen 
Lord,  that  whatsoever  we  sow,  that 
shall  we  also  reap. 

*  4* 

Yes,  thank  God,  there  has  al- 
ways been  someone  to  speak  words 
of  mercy  to  our  deceived,  cheated, 
wretched  brothers  and  sisters.  For 
them  the  sun  was  darkened,  the 
rocks  rent,  and  the  dead  arose.  All 
nature  suffered  and  trembled  at  the 
suffering  of  our  blessed  Lord. 
This  was  the  price  paid  for  our 
salvation,  and  love  paid  it — paid  it 

with  joy,  with  gladness. 

*  * 

We  can  all  have  a  happy,  con- 
tented Christ  spirit,  if  we  will.  We 

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must  have  courage — courage  to 
deny  ourselves  what  we  know  to  be 
wrong  and  dangerous.  We  must 
not  countenance  any  immorality. 

*  * 

In  His  kingdom  there  shall  be 
no  destruction  of  life;  every  tear 
shall  be  wiped  away ;  every  wound- 
ed heart  healed,  and  we  shall  see 
Him,  the  King  in  His  beauty. 

*  * 

Most  of  our  teachers  fail  to 
present  the  subject  of  the  healing 
power  of  Jesus'  love,  this  power 
which  worketh  in  us  to  do  His  own 
good  pleasure.  It  is  a  great  pleas- 
ure to  our  blessed  Lord  to  heal  us 
of  our  infirmities. 

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Let  us  deny  ourselves  the  use 
of  liquor — declare  that  we  will  take 
no  more  while  the  world  stands,  if 
by  so  doing  we  bring  grief  to  an- 
other. 

*  * 

Christ  began  His  ministry  by 
healing  the  people  of  every  form  of 
illness.  He  still  lives  to  help  men 
and  to  save  them.  We  are  power- 
less without  His  love. 

*  * 

Disconnect  the  street  car  from 
the  power  house  and  it  cannot 
move.  Neither  can  men  move,  ac- 
cording to  God's  plan,  if  they  have 
no  connection  with  Jesus  Christ. 


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